Tag: National Identification Authority
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Over 15.7 million Ghana cards issued so far – NIA boss
Over 15.7 million Ghanaians current have received their Ghana cards, the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, has disclosed. Speaking to Bernard Koku Avle on the Citi Breakfast Show on Thursday, July 21, 2022, Prof. Attafuah said data available to him reveals that 16,969,034 persons have registered for the…
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Ghana Card: NIA pledges to clear backlog before banking transactions deadline
In less than two weeks, banks and financial institutions will require just the Ghana card as the sole identification document to allow for financial transactions to be made. But until now, over 300,000 Ghanaians are unable to access their Ghana cards from the National Identification Authority (NIA) months and years after applying for them. The…
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Deadline for Ghana Card, SSNIT numbers merger extended to June 30
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), has extended the deadline for members of the Scheme to merge their SSNIT and Ghana Card numbers to June 30, 2022. The initial deadline was December 31, 2021. From July 1, 2022, SSNIT says the Ghana Card will be the only identification number it recognises. “This is…
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Banks will soon recognise Ghana card as main identification for transactions – Bankers Association
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Bankers, John Awuah has stated that his outfit is in discussions with other stakeholders that will lead to the implementation of a parallel system that will see banks accept the new National ID cards in addition to a number of other ID cards for financial transactions.…
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Gov’t targets 16 million registered taxpayers through national ID system
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has disclosed that government should be able to increase the number of registered taxpayers to at least sixteen million by the end of this year. Dr. Bawumia explained that this should be achieved through the conversion of all national ID numbers collated under the various card registrations to Tax Identification…
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Four NIA officials in Ashanti region arrested over malpractices
Some four officials of the National Identification Authority and another person have been arrested by the Ghana Police Service for engaging in a number of malpractices in the mass registration exercise in the Ashanti region. A statement issued by the NIA said the arrests, which occurred between 3rd and 6th January 2020, were the result…